Sales-check holder



T. R. F. POTTER. SALES CHECK HOLDER.

. APPLICATION FILED MAYlG. 1919.

1,336,922. Patented Apr. 13, 1920..

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THOMAS R. F. POTTER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK, ASSIGNOR TO LOCK STUB CHECKCOMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEVI' YORK.

SALES-CHECK HOLDER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented A131213, 1920.

Application filed May 16, 1919. Serial No. 297,694.

ments in Sales-Check Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for saleschecks particularly adaptedfor use in restaurants and lunch rooms and has for its object theprovision of means secured to said holder whereby each check may benotched at the point designating the amount purchased, thus avoiding thenecessity of using another tool for this purpose.

The invention consists in providing the bottom plate of the check holderwith a cutting prong adapted to coact with; a perforation in a springplate secured to the under face of said plate.

The invention further consists in providing means for limiting theinsertion of the checks between said plates.

The invention further consists in providing a receptacle in which thechips cut from the checks may be deposited.

The invention further consists in certain novel features of constructionand arrangement of parts which will be fully understood from thedescription of the drawings and to the claims hereinafter given.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention one preferred form thereofis illustrated in the drawings, this form having been'found to givesatisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood thatthe various instrumentalities of which the invention consists can bevariously arranged and organizedand the invention is not limited to theprecise arrangement and organi- Zation of these instrumentalities asherein shown and described, except as required by the scope of theappended claims.

Of the drawings- Figure 1 represents a plan of a sales check holderembodying the fatures of the present invention.

lFig. 2 represents an elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 represents a vertical section of the bottom plate and the devicessecured thereto.

Fig. 4 represents a plan of the same, a portion of the bottom platebeing broken away, and

i. Fig. 5 represents an inverted plan of the same.

Similar characters designate like parts through the several figures ofthe drawj ings. vented certain new and useful `lmprove- In the drawings,10 is a box-like frame having anopen side 11 and an open end 12.

This box-like frame may be made up in any preferred manner.

It is provided on one side with the usual clip 13 pivoted at 1li andadapted to secure the box-like frame 10 to the belt of the waiter orwaitress.

. |The device as thus far described forms no part of the presentinvention.

Secured to the under face of the plate 15 is a spring plate 19.

@ne of these plates 15, 19, preferably the plate 15, is provided with ail-shaped prong 2O extending from its outer edge as indicated in Fig. 1.

The prong 2O is bent toward the other plate, preferably the plate 19,and has cutting edges.

The plate coacting with the pronged plate is provided with a triangularperforation 21 into which the prong 2O accurately fits so that when thetwo plates are pressed together the point 22 will first enter theperfoi-ation 21 and then the side cutting edges will coact with the sidewalls of the perforation 21 and cut a notch in the edge of any material,such as sales checks, inserted between said plates.

The perforated plate, as 19, is provided with limiting stops 23 whichwill serve as guides for the sales checks 16 when inserted between theplates 15, 19 so that when the cutting operation is performed, the sameshaped chip will be cut from each check so inserted.

ln order to prevent the chips being scattered over the floor of therestaurant or lunch room, a receptacle 24 is provided in which the chipswill be collected as cut from the sales checks 16.

This receptacle 2tvis positioned beneath the perforation 21 and has ears25 extending leo rearwardly therefron"L and straddling ears 26 dependingfrom theplate 19.

A pivot pin 2T extends through the ears 25, 2G and is surrounded by ahelical spring 28 having ends bearing respectively against the underface of the plate 19 and the rear wall of the receptacle 2a.

This spring 28 normally retains the upper edges of the receptacle 2-1-against the under" face of the plate 19 but when the receptacle 24 isfilled with chips it may be moved about the axis of pin 27 to permit theremoval of said. chips.

1When a customer has purchased the desire-d amount, the upper check 16is removed and inserted between the plates l5; 19, until. its inner edgebears against the limiting stops 23 with the figures 29 indicating theamount of purchase beneath the prong 20.

The spring plate 19 is then pressed toward the bottom plate 15 and thepoint 22 of the prong 2O will pass through the check and then by meansof the cutting edges of the prong 20 coacting with the walls of theperforation 21; a V-shaped notch will be cut into the edge of the checkat the designated point thus indicating to the cashier the amountpurchased.

Usually the punching of the checks has been performed by a separate tooland it is self-evident that there is considerable advantage in providingthe check holder with some means forming a part thereof whereby thecheck may be punched without requiring the use of another tool.

Tt is believed that the operation and many advantages of the device willbe readily understood. Without further desc iptioir Having thusdescribed my invention, I claim- 1. The combination with a box-likeframe having an open end and a rigid bottom. plate adapted to supportchecks and extending beyond 'said open end and beyond the outer ends ofchecks; a spring plate secured to the under side of the bottom plate andhaving a perforation in its out-er end; an outwardly extending prongbent downwardly from the outer end of the bottom plate with cuttingedges adapted to coact with the edges of said perforation; stops tolimit the insertion of a check beneath said bottom plate; and areceptacle secured to said spring plate beneath said perforation toreceive the chips cut from the checks.

2. The combination with a box-like frame having an open end and a rigidbottom plate adapted to support checks and extending beyond said openend and beyond the outer ends of checks; a spring plate secured to theunder side of the bottom plate and having a perforation in its outerend; an outwardly extending prong bent downwardly from the outer end ofthe bottom plate with cutting edges adapted to coact with the edges ofsaid perforation; stops to limit the insertien of a check beneath saidbottom plat a ceptacle secured to said spring plate beneath saidperforation to receive the chips cut from the checks; and means wherebysaid receptacle may be moved relatively to said spring plate to permitsaid receptacle to be emptied.

3. The combination with a box-lili frame having an open end and a rigidbottom plate adapted to support checlrs and extending beyond said openend and beyond the outer ends of checks; a spring` plate secured to theunder side of the bottom plate ...id having a perforation in its outerend; an outwardly extending prong` bent downwardly from the outer end ofthe bottom plate with cutting edges adapted to coact with the edges ofsaid perforation; stops to limit the insertion of a check beneath saidbottom plate; and a receptacle pivotally secured to said spring )latebeneath said perforation to receive the chips cut from the checks.

l. The combination with a box-like frame having an open end and a bottomplate extending beyond said open end and adapted to support checks; aspring plate secured to the under side ofthe bottom plate and having aperforation in its outer enr.; an outwardly extending prong bentdownwardly from the outer end of the bottoni plate with cutting edgesadapted to coact with the edges of said perforation; stops to limit theinsertion of a check benez th said bottom plate; a receptacle pivotallysecured beneath said perforation to receive the chips cut from thechecks; and a spring for normally retaining the upper edge of saidreceptacle in contact with the under face of said spring plate.

5. The combination with a box-like frame having an open end and a'bottomplate extending beyond said open end and adapteiil to support checks; aspring plate secured to the under side of the bottom plate and having aperforation in its outer end; an outwardly extending prong bentdownwardly from the outer end of the bottom plate with cutting edgesadapted to coact with the edges of said perforation; stops to limit theinsertion of a check beneath said bottom plate; downwardly extendingears on said spring plate; a receptacle beneath said per,- forationhaving ears at the rear end thereof; a pivot pin extending through allof said ears; and a spring on said pivot pin and adapted to retain theupper edge of said receptacle in contact with said spring plate.

Signed by me at Brooklyn. N. Y., this 14th day of May. 1919.

THOMAS R. F. POTTER. litnesses OLIVIA A. THOMAS, P. V. AuBnosE.

